Corset



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CORSET Filed Oct. 24, 1947 v 21/ 5 i v h 7 g E INVENTOR. 17am]: JPrev0st %z@ m/M Patented Jan. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT (OFFICECORSET Marie J. Prevost, Plainfield, N. J.

Application October 24, 1947, Serial No. 781,955

2 Claims.

This invention is an improvement in corsets, girdles and the like, to beworn about the waist beneath the owner's outer garments.

An object of the invention is to provide a corset of superior design,capable of fitting the wearer snugly, but adapted to be worn with easeand comfort, and present to much better advantage the lines of thewearers figure.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article of this kindwhich is shaped in front so that it will sufliciently engage and containthe abdomen, reducing the appearance of stoutness without causinginconvenience to the wearer standing or sitting; and made somewhatlonger in back to embrace the buttocks and hips and thus confine thebulging parts adjacent the lower end of the trunk of the body within thedesired limits.

Other objects and advantages are made plain in the following descriptionand the novel features are defined in the appended claims. theembodiment disclosed herein is only the preferred form of the invention;and I may vary the details of structure in matters of size, shape andarrangement without deviation from the essention combination wherein theinvention resides.

On the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front view of a corset according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a side view of the same.

The back I of the corset is of suitable fabric substantiallynon-elastic, and the front consists of two separate sections 2, unitedto the adjacent edges of the rear section by pieces or sheets of elastic3. The opposed edges of the front sections are connected by laces 4passing through a row of holes 5 in each to join them together. Thesections 2 are long enough from top to bottom to cover the abdomen andflatten it to the required extent; but when the corset is in positionthe front sections will not reach below the hips. Thus when the wearersits down these sections will not cause discomfort by binding or pressinagainst the forward parts of the thighs.

The back I of the corset is longer from top to bottom and is flush alongits top with the upper edges of the front sections 2 and the elasticsections or inserts 3, but it passes beyond the lower edges of saidsections. The wide rear section I also has lateral extensions 6 adjacentits lower front corners to overlap the upper parts of the legs at thehips or below them. These extensions are separated from the front andside sections by a space I. The forward extremities of But theseextensions are joined to the front of the corset adjacent the lower rearcorners of the front sections 2 by hose supporting bands 8, which areattached to the extensions, pass beyond their lower edges and have attheir ends fasteners to engage the hose, as shown at 9. Additional bands8 are made fast to the lower rear corners of the sections 3, and theadjacent parts of the extension 6, reaching below the latter, andbearing fasteners 9 for the same purpose; and shorter bands 8 withfasteners 9 are secured to the lower edges of the front sections 2,adjacent the laces 4.

When the corset is put on, the back I reaches from the waist down to therear part of the thighs, but the sections 2 cover the abdomen onlywithout making contact with the legs. The corset stretches as the wearermoves about or sits, because of the presence of the elastic frontsections 2. The extensions 6, projecting forward are pulled by thesupporters 8, and kept taut and firm so as to press upon and flatten thebuttocks and hips. The corset adjusts itself nicely when in place and amarked gain in the appearance of the wearer's figure results. The loweredges of the sections 2, to afford a better fit, are inclined downwardtowards the laces 4, as indicated in Figure 3 at 10.

The form of the invention herein set forth' thus serves well the purposeand gains all the objects for which the article is produced.

Preferably the bands bridging the space 1 be,- tween the sides 3 andextension 6 are separate from the hose supporting bands 8. The latterhave to be of various lengths and for this reason it is advantageous notto have the bands bridging the space in one piece with the bands 8.

Havin described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

l. A corset having a wide rear section of relatively great length,separated front sections flush with the upper edge of the rear sectionalong their upper edges and terminating short of the lower edge of therear section, an elastic side section of the same length from top tobottom as the front sections and flush therewith along the upper andlower edges thereof, and uniting each front section to the rear section,said rear section having an extension beneath each elastic section, saidextensions being flush along their lower edges with the lower edge ofthe rear section and projecting forward, and having a space between saidextensions and the lower edges of the elastic sections, and bandsbridging said space and connecting the forward ends of said REFERENCEScrr'isn Number The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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